Spiritual Insight: Social Media and Community

Blessed are the peacemakers, Jesus said in Matthew 5:9 — and beloved, there has never been a mission field quite like the one sitting in your pocket right now.

Think about it. Every morning, before your feet even hit the floor, you scroll through a feed filled with outrage, grief, hot takes, and hashtags. Somebody's dragging somebody. Somebody's posting half the story. And the comments section looks like a war zone where grace went to die. But here's what the Spirit whispered to me: that same phone that carries poison can carry the balm of Gilead.

In the Black Church tradition, we've always understood that peacemaking isn't passive — it's prophetic. Dr. King didn't just dream about peace; he marched into the teeth of fire hoses to build it. And now God is asking you: Can you be a peacemaker in a place designed to make you a fighter?

What if, before you typed that clap-back, you prayed for the person who provoked you? What if you used your platform not to perform outrage but to pour out hesed — that stubborn, covenant love of God that refuses to let go? What if your next post wasn't about winning an argument but about binding up a wound?